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Cutting Edge

Deriving Common Model Characteristicspart of Cutting Edge:Develop Program-Wide Abilities:Complex Systems:Teaching Activities In this activity, students brainstorm ideas about what models are (and are not) and what elements are common to most models of biological systems. Further, students derive the criteria that the learning community ...

Environmental Reconnaissance of a Salt Marshpart of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples This is a field and computer laboratory exercise that introduces undergraduate students, advanced high school students, and members of the general public to using Google Earth, GPS, aerial imagery, and an online ...

Science and Religionpart of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching Methods:Structured Academic Controversy:Examples Evolution is a fundamental theory of modern geosciences and life sciences, yet it is one of the most controversial issues within science education. The origins of the controversy have both historical and ...

Protection of Wolves: Biological Ecosystems and Human Interestspart of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching Methods:Structured Academic Controversy:Examples After being extirpated from Yellowstone Park and other western habitats in the 1930s, gray wolves were reintroduced during the 1980s. The recovery effort has been so successful that gray wolves may no longer be ...

Vaccinationspart of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching Methods:Structured Academic Controversy:Examples Vaccines have been used for thousands of years to protect against infectious diseases. In historic and contemporary society, there have been mixed perspectives on the value of vaccines. The medical community, ...

Ideas for teaching about early lifepart of Cutting Edge:Early Earth These teaching ideas were submitted during the April 2007 workshop on Teaching About the Early Earth. They represent collaborative brainstorming rather than finished products, but they are a useful starting point ...